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Gordon Cullen (1914-1994) was a mastro architect. Gordon Cullen was an English architect,. an urban designer who carried on the of the Townscape movement theme. Later on he wrote and published the “Townscape” book in 1961. He was a key motivator and activist in the development of British theories of urban design in the post-war period. After his death, David Gosling & Norman Foster collected various examples of his work and put them together in the book ‘Visions of Urban Design’.

Gordon Cullen get famous by the Concice Townscape Theory. The “Townscape” book, one of Gordon Cullen’s masterpiece, illustrated with over 300 works selected from the drawings Gordon Cullen made during his lifetime, this anthology documents his influential career as an Urban Theorist, artist and illustrator from 1930 to 1990. The majority of his drawings have never been published before except in professional reports, and this book contains numerous drawings executed for the pleasure of observation as well as the product of his many consultancies.

With the assistance of family and friends, Gordon Cullen charts his life and work, comments on his contribution to 20th-century urban design, examines his graphic techniques and their application and influence, and explores his attitude to the symbolism of objects in the environment.1954-1964; The Fourth Decade: 1964-1974; The Fifth Decade: 1974-1984; The Sixth Decade: 1984-1994.

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